Renault is said to prepare a new crossover for the
Russian market, which will be presented at the 2018 Moscow Motor Show, at the
end of August. Now, new details about it have emerged.
The company’s chief of product planning, Bruno
Ancelin, said that it’s based on the Dacia platform, which continues to be used
by the Romanian automaker on all of their products since the first-gen Logan,
in 2004.
This version of the Duster will be sold throughout
Russia starting early next year, with Renault logos. However, it’s also said to
launch in different Asian markets at the end of 2019 or in early 2020, such as
China and South Korea, only this model will ride on a completely new platform,
“that of the future Renault Clio”, according to Ancelin. In turn, the
architecture will also eventually be used by Dacia for its entire lineup.
Despite getting new underpinnings, this Renault
Duster will keep the exact same bodywork of the second generation. The
increased production costs that inevitably come with this move are justified,
as this won’t be a low-cost model.
